The description by Graham Hughes of the "antiphospholipid syndrome" or Hughes Syndrome is one of the medical landmarks of the 20th century. Here is a disease, a medical discovery, which should turn such fashions around. In a series of brilliant clinical observations, Dr Hughes, not only pieced together what is now clearly a common and important disease, but also, with his team, set up the blood tests and treatment guidelines, which are used world-wide. In a series of clinical articles in the early 1980s, Dr Hughes and his team described the headaches, the miscarriages, the clotting tende

Busting my a   makes me feel good.Bulletproof, that’s how Jenna Kassarian sees herself. It’s all about control: As long as she works hard, nothing can hurt her. So Jenna constantly pushes -- for perfect grades, the ideal boyfriend, the best, best friend.The only problem is, she doesn’t know if she can stop. If she relaxes even for a second, she’s afraid she’ll lose control completely.Then Jenna decides it’s now or never. She goes to a party and has one drink. But one drink is all it takes for her perfect facade to shatter. Suddenly she realizes straight

Increasing numbers of gardeners wish to modify their gardening habits to benefit the local wildlife. "Sticky Wicket: Gardening in Tune with Nature" shows how this can be done. Pam Lewis’ initial plan for Sticky Wicket, her garden in Dorset, was to take a painterly approach to combining colours in the flower borders. But, as the years passed, she realized that what she really wanted was to strike a balance between her desire for a beautiful garden and the needs of the insects, birds and small mammals that shared it with her. Pam’s garden is now that rare treat: a feast for the eye a

Tony Salerno has created a wonderful and charming series of books that follows the adventures of little Bill and his friends as they learn through experience the values and benefits of good character. The books are large, containing full-color cartoon illustrations that tell the complete story, and include a perforated activity section in the back that reinforces the positive trait. Activities are rated easy, medium, and difficult as a guide for parents. The audio CD has the complete animated narration of the story and exciting sing-along songs (the lyrics are in the activity section!) that ki

Dave Sanchez (aka The Gecko) and his pet gecko (aka Sticky) are back in their fourth dangerous encounter with the dastardly treasure hunter Damien Black! Thirteen-year-old Dave Sanchez is a daytime student, an after-school courier . . . and a secret superhero! So far Dave’s been able to juggle his different roles. But in Dave’s hands is the scariest package he’s ever been asked to deliver. It’s a tube, sealed on each end with wax, and addressed to . . . Damien Black. Holy tacarole! He can’t just hand over a package to the most devious criminal in the city! Who kn

This book sets out to describe the importance of adhesion in our Universe. Although we believe that the universe is expanding and flying apart, we can also see that the Earth and its parts are sticking together with great tenacity. Gravitation explains part of this attraction on earth, but is insufficient to explain why adhesives stick jumbo jets together or why our bodies do not fall apart. To understand the strong attractions between earthly matter we must introduce the idea of molecular adhesion; the fact that all molecules attract each other with a considerable force. This idea at